Life Sciences

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Genetics

Keep it up !

The first round of the DREAM-ENCODE biology machine learning competition, timed to coincide with the international DREAM Conference, was won by the team autosome.ru from Russia.

02.11.2016
Other life sciences

Hormones, part 3

An article about the famous hormones – cortisol, prolactin, oxytocin, vasopressin and melatonin, the effects of which we meet every day.

02.11.2016
Other life sciences

Smoking biochip

A group of scientists from Harvard University has developed a robot smoker for in-depth studies of lung diseases that are the consequences of smoking.

01.11.2016
Other life sciences

Glowing neurons

Bioluminescence of neurons during their work, according to scientists, can also lead to an understanding of the principles of the brain of more complexly organized animals.

01.11.2016
Cellular technologies

Changing dead neurons to new ones

In mice, neurons derived from embryonic cells can be incorporated into an existing network and correctly perform tasks for which damaged cells were responsible.

01.11.2016
Other life sciences

Biological basis of placebo effect discovered

A study using fMRI showed that the response to placebo is most closely related to the activity and density of neuronal connections of the right middle frontal gyrus.

01.11.2016
New in Gerontology

The trigger mechanism of aging

The HMGB2 gene and its associated protein are the "key" to triggering cellular mechanisms associated with the development of cancer and the negative effects of aging.

01.11.2016
Other life sciences

Another danger of the Zika virus

The results obtained in mice suggest that infected men may have lower testosterone levels and sperm counts.

01.11.2016
Theories of aging

Is it possible to program aging (2)

Life expectancy differs not only for different species, in some cases it varies within the species under the influence of external and genetic factors.

31.10.2016
Theories of aging

Is it possible to program aging (1)

The aging process has long remained a mystery, since the evolution of a trait that does not bring obvious advantages to an individual is difficult to explain.

31.10.2016
Other life sciences

Apoptosis against cholesterol plaques

Mice that were cleaned of old cells were 60% less likely to have atherosclerotic plaques, since they are rich in aged cells.

31.10.2016
Genetics

A genetically based diet

The "personalized nutrition" program from Habit aims to analyze a person's DNA and create an individual nutrition plan and food delivery at home.

31.10.2016
Biomedicine

We don't need such a contraceptive

Despite the almost 100% effectiveness of the new hormonal male contraceptive, it needs to be improved due to frequent and serious side effects.

31.10.2016
Biomedicine

Special purpose virus

The smallpox vaccine virus has saved humanity from smallpox, but it is too early for him to "retire": scientists have high hopes for him in the field of cancer treatment.

28.10.2016
Other life sciences

Sock sensor

proCover is a prototype of a smart sock that can detect pressure in different areas of the prosthetic foot and transmit this information to the user using vibration.

28.10.2016
Genetic engineering

Mosquitoes against mosquitoes

We are talking about a genetically modified variety of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which are carriers of dangerous Zika, dengue and chikungunya viruses.

27.10.2016
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy of beta-tallasemia

American scientists have developed a method of genetic correction based on peptidonucleic acids, which effectively eliminated the symptoms of beta-thalassemia in mice.

27.10.2016